RichardBonham

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[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If she is, it would probably be to change laws in the State of Georgia to allow a president to pardon someone of Georgia state charges.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But he's hurting the right people!

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Headline: "Trump rawdogs own arraignment!"

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Interesting that there was a significant increase during and following the pandemic due to irreconcilable differences over masking and vaccines. Probably wasn't helped to be locked down together at that point, either.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

It's actually parity of response. No orca was killed, no humans have been killed.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I am going to operate under the following assumptions:
-the current global trend towards authoritarian governments will continue and become more prevalent
-balkanization will be the new norm: an atlas will show more numerous and smaller countries
-climate change (extreme heat, extreme humidity and sea level rise) will make large regions functionally unfit for human habitation by reasons of lethal heat and/or humidity, loss of coastal access, lack of potable water and/or loss of sustainable agriculture.
-we'll be well into the technological curve for AI and robotics. We'll have gone past the early stage where people over-estimate technological capabilities and far into the later stages where people will under-estimate technological capabilities
-if cash is still legal, it will be useless for all legitimate transactions because no institution wants it. If it still exists, it will only be useful for peer-to-peer illegitimate transactions: crime, drugs and sex.
-whatever is bad now will be worse

So: social taboos that exist today that will not be taboo in 100 years?
-slavery: we already see slavery in all but name in the form of privatized prisons and wage-slavery (work a soul-killing minimum wage job, or die/be homeless). What if the cost of being able to emigrate from a country or region that is uninhabitable is slavery, whether real or de facto? It's the cheapest form of labor.
-murder: being deemed outlaw will make a comeback. An outlaw is outside the protection of the law, so killing an outlaw is not a crime.
-extortion: governments and government proxies (militias, death squads, religious sects) will exercise sanctioned extortion
-hoarding: if you are living in an unstable balkan state or are an unpopular minority in one, hoarding will not be pathologic
-civilian ownership of firearms
-racism and nationalism; best way to keep out undesirable climate refugees is to de-humanize them
-corporations being into every piece of the pie: a logical extension of the trend to privatization or "wanting government to be run like a business" is the replacement of nation-states by corporations or zaibatsu-like alliances of multiple corporations

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

As a 65 year old, I am gratified that you think so

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As general observations,

It would be costly to relocate an entire Federal agency, and it would take until 2030 according to this article. That can't help but impair readiness.

No shit it's political. Everything that is done by politicians is political at some level. Dems want to reward Colorado and they gain nothing by trying to appease Alabama since nothing Dems do is going to flip Alabama blue.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, and Huntsville is very pleasant itself because of this. But they all assure me that you have only to drive a half hour out of Huntsville to know for certain that you are in Alabama. (The thank-god-for-Mississippi Alabama, that Alabama).

This is going to matter to some aerospace engineers and particularly the ones with spouses and children.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

If the evidence around changes in Twitter content might be harmful to the business model and alarming to advertisers?

If the shoe fits, then what?

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